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Blade: Trinity [Blu-ray]

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When I first heard that "Trinity" was on the way, I had my reservations about it. I was worried that the film would become cluttered with heroes, what with Blade and Whistler fighting necksuckers, and now Hannibal King and Abigail Whistler thrown into the fray. Somehow, a balance is found between the heroes that keeps all of them out of each others way.

The plot is reflective of the other films in that once again the vampires are looking for a way to become daywalkers. Instead of calling up a vampire god or creating a mutant race though, they decide to go to the source of their "virus"--Dracula. Hoping to use his blood to make them perfect immortal beings and eventually herd humans like livestock to feed them, a group of vampires seeks out and revive the dark prince. He looks like something from a GWAR concert, then morphs into this medieval looking guy. Dominic Purcell portrays him, and does a better-than-average job. Parker Posey plays a vamp who is very over-the-top. At first, I didn't think she'd work in this picture, but she does a really good job. WWE fans were happy to see Triple H get his chance to flesh out a vampire with silver caps on his teeth. His character is like the schoolyard bully of the bunch. He's big and bad, but has a soft spot for Pomeranian dogs. The rest of the vampires are pretty stock as far as modern vampires go. They somehow all know martial arts, are unusually good at science, and enjoy techno music.

Wesley Snipes looks very comfortable in his role as Blade. His character has lightened up a bit as far as humor goes, but he's still one bad mama-jama. Kris Kristofferson looks comfortable as the tough old fart/father-figure Whistler. Jessica Biel was very good as Whistler's daughter, Abigail. Of all the characters, she seems to be the one person you'd least expect to play a butt-kicker, but she pulls it off in grand style. Ryan Reynolds plays Hannibal King, a smarty pants vampire hunter who was once one of them. His one-liners are hilarious most of the time, but he gets pretty annoying during parts of the film. His humor was probably highlighted a little more than the average "Blade" audience member goes for, but I think he did a pretty decent job. The rest of Abigail and Hannibal's group, the Nightstalkers, features a pretty stock bunch of characters who are really only here to provide weapons and victims for the film.

The action is much better than in the second film. There is very little evidence of CGI tampering in the fight sequences this time around. The majority of the action is shot up-close and personal. Blade, as usual, has that strike-a-pose mentality about him and has some very good-looking moves in this film. Hannibal is mainly a gunslinger. Abigail favors a bow and her boots when it comes to killing vampires.

Of course, no "Blade" film would be proper without some techno music. This time around the music has a little nu metal flavor to it and more of a gangsta feel than the other two films. The music should be considered a major character, since it moves the entire movie at a swift pace. Of all of the films, I believe that "Trinity" has the best soundtrack.

I've heard that this film would be the final installment in the "Blade" series. That's probably a good idea since it looks like the vampires are starting to run out of options to become daywalkers. I've also heard that this movie is going to be used as a springboard for the characters of Hannibal King and Abigail Whistler. Much like the Elektra character in "Daredevil," I'm sure that this duo can pull off a film on their own. I don't think they will have the drawing power of "Blade," but there is an audience out there for them.

One other note, this is the first "Blade" film to feature the easily recognized Marvel tagline at the beginning of the film. It's nice to see that Avi Arad and Stan Lee are finally giving a little more respect to this series, since it seems to have done pretty well without them the first two times around.

Well, I recommend this flick to fans of the first two films and folks who liked "Daredevil" and "Punisher." Also, if you like brooding heroes or action flicks like "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," I'm sure you'll enjoy this film. Children should not see this movie. It isn't so much that it is scary, but f-bombs drop left and right in this flick. The signature burn-up of vampires is also here, so that might be a little disturbing for some kiddies. The R-rating is well deserved due to the excessive foul language(more than the first two films) and the obvious vioent aspect of the film. That's just something to keep in mind if you're turned off by cursing. I get pretty tired of it in a film if it seems to be put in just to have the character come across as tougher or meaner.

Hope you enjoy this movie, it's a fine addition to the "Blade" saga.

I remember sitting in the theater, watching the regular release of Blade:Trinity and feeling utterly lost. What happened to his car? Why was Drake so NOT scary? Why the focus on Jessica Beale when this was Blade's movie?
Then I rented the unrated version. The extra footage completely changed the movies. I felt the connection in this film that I felt with the first two. This was a Marvel movie, this was a dark and scary hero fighting even darker, scarier monsters.
Wesley Snipes was upset with the original cut. Blade simply was not Blade. With the recut, Blade walked that sword's edge between the dark and the light.
Dominic Purcell turned in a decent performance in the original cut, but in the recut, Drake was not only scary and sexy, but also tragic. This was a Dracula who was seeing the end of his race. He was creature that was watching his people fall from the status of God's to advertisements for marital aides and Drac-Cola.
I still don't get Parker Posey as a Vampire but the sly in jokes - for instance the blonde vampire named Asher and other little in jokes peppered about certainly made up for her performance.
This was the movie that should have been released, simply because we find out what happened to the damned car!

I must say even though I was somewhat skeptical about the 'Blade' franchise when I first heard about it, the movies have thoroughly impressed me. The first film, "Blade", provided a terrific introduction into the Blade mythos. "Blade 2" expanded greatly upon the war between Blade and the vampires that was depicted in the first film. Now, New Line Cinema has released the supposed final chapter in the 'Blade' saga, "Blade: Trinity". Let me just say this, if this is truly the final chapter for Blade's movies, then it was a terrific close to an excellent trilogy.

"Blade: Trinity" finds Blade (Wesley Snipes) being constantly pursued by the authorities, and Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) trying to warn him that he will not always be around to watch his back, and that Blade should find some help in this continuing war with the vampires. But before any help could be found, Whistler is killed in a raid on Blade's headquarters. Now, Whistler is dead, and Blade is in custody, it seems all hope is lost for humanity and that the vampires will now reign supreme, especially since they have resurrected the vampire that started it all, Dracula. Hearing Blade has been captured an underground group of vampire hunters known as the Nighstalkers, are going to mount a rescue to free Blade, in hopes that he will lead them into battle against Dracula and his minions. Leading the rescue is Abigail (Jessica Biel), Whistler's daughter, and Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds), a former vampire turned vampire hunter. After successfully freeing Blade from custody, the Nighstalkers try to convince Blade to join them, but he declines, that is until he is made aware that Dracula has been unleashed upon the world, and now it's up to Blade and the Nighstalkers to destroy Dracula and save humanity.

One outstanding part of this trilogy is the fact that not only did Wesley Snipes reprise his role of Blade for each installment (generally a must for any franchise to endure), but writer David S. Goyer ("The Crow: City of Angels", "Blade", and "Blade 2") came back to write this final chapter in the trilogy, but he also directed it. This seems especially fitting, since David S. Goyer wrote all of the films in this franchise, allowing him to direct makes perfect sense, due to the fact that aside from Wesley Snipes, no one probably knows this character better. The acting in this film is great, the new additions to the trilogy add a lot of fun and chemistry to the mix. Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel really shine in this movie, Parker Posey and WWE's Triple H, also do great jobs as Dracula's two main goons. The special effects are great, and when Dracula changes into his monstrous form, it is both an interesting twist to the character, but also spectacular to see.

If you enjoyed the first two movies in the 'Blade' series, then by all means wait no longer and go watch "Blade: Trinity". I promise, you will not be disappointed.

"Blade: Trinity" is rated R for violence, language, and sensuality.

After two very successful and entertaining films here comes Blade Trinity.
The big failure and embarrassment of the Blade franchise.
Blade deals with vampires but yet this movie is neither scary nor suspenseful.
There is really no gore and not much blood.
No disturbing images or frightening scences.
Blade 1 and 2 had some of these qualities and Blade Trinity was supposed to expand on these elements making it a better film than the previous.
The feel and the way this movie was put together were totally different from the other films.
I have been waiting 2 years for this movie and what I saw was very disappointing.
The fight scences were lame and lacked the force and intensity of the first 2 films.
There was no big opening and ending (like Blade & Blade 2) scenes filled with great fight action.
They said Blade needed help to defeat Dracula but Blade kicked his tail very quick and easily. (Making for one of the bigger let downs of this movie.)
Dracula was not even a bigger challenge for Blade than Frost (from Blade I).
Where is the great big brutal final battle everyone was expecting like Blade Vs. Nomak in Blade 2.
Another thing greatly wrong with this movie is the stupid dialogue and dry humor.
The movie was going nowhere with this.
I guess they wanted back and forth wise cracks and humor for this film like Blade and Reinhart did in Blade 2.
The problem with that is Wesley Snipes (Blade) & Ron Pearlman (Reinhart) had better chemistry with each other.
In Blade Trinity the chemistry was simply not there.
Hannibal (Reynolds) wise cracks throughout the film are okay at first then start to get old really quick.
It goes from dumb to stupid to shut the [...] up the movie.
Blade said coochie coo when he had a baby in his hand.
What the hell was that?
This movie took the Blade franchise in the complete wrong direction.
I cannot believe that I have to say that Spiderman 2 is a better movie than Blade Trinity.
What went wrong?
Who is responsible for this?
I know that they have to make up for this bad film by making Blade 4.
It is no longer a question it is mandatory.
The Blade franchise should not end on such a horrible note.
Look what happened to the Batman Franchise.
Is that the direction that the Blade franchise is heading for? (First 2 movies good and all the rest sucks)
We the fans expected more and deserved more.
We have supported the films from the beginning and this is how they pay us back.
Now I know why Wesley Snipes was so negative in the press about the direction of this film months before it came out.

Picking up at the tail end of a a great action franchise, David Goyer manages to murder it with an extreme finality. A decisively fatal blow that the incompetent, non-threatening vampire antagonists in Blade Trinity can only dream about. While it's admirable that he would attempt to 'stamp' this film with his unique style, less flattering are the realizations early and often that (a) he fails miserably in both writing and directing and that (b) realizing both roles means he only compounds his own errors at each turn.

Directed in a Michael-Bay-remakes-Torque style, Goyer hides a water thin plot behind accelerated running, slow motion walking, more one liners then 'The Last Boy Scout', and well.. random nonsensical development. Supposedly, our storyline is that Blade, long the scourge of the vampire nation, is now the victim of a sprawling conspiracy plot wherein law enforcement and the media are used to frame him for murdering a human.

Other than making blade finally turn into a vampire it was the most logical direction to conclude the franchise. Not logical is the concurrent plot that the 'original vampire, Dracula, has been found in Syria and resurrected to lead the vampire nation. This is problematic because of the limitations of Goyer's imagination, which forces the original vampire to simply be a more muscular version of Stephen Dorff from the first film, without any of the screen presence or entertaining dialogue. The same limitations apply to the vampires' plot to kill Blade which seem to rest largely on the idea of putting him in a room in handcuffs. In fact several of the sequences including the ending seem to directly contradict everything else established about him.
- If he is in fact so powerful why is he at turns treated with abject fear and simply reservation by his subordinates?
- If he decides to take care of Blade himself, why does he simply lead Blade on a homoerotic, crouching tiger influenced, building top chase to give Blade an ultimatum?
- The blood bank so crucial to vampires is guarded by.. a woman sitting at a computer?
- If Dracula is in fact a shape shifter how does he walk to a hidden fortress in his regular clothes and then assume the appearance of a man wearing a trench coat?
- Are his clothes shape shifting as well?
It's not just the suspension of belief that damns this movie, it's the suspension of interesting dialogue story, plot development, or characterization that destroys it from the beginning.

Additionally, Goyer's directing reveals a skill that certain filmmakers (spielberg and cameron come to mind) have that others seemingly never will. Scale, the creation of it, and the consistency of it are far, far beyond his skill, as is action direction. Goyer's revelation of dracula for example looks no better than a commercial for a Xena rerun. No individual characters are impressive throughout, and even the epic ending conflict feels smaller than the conclusion of the second film in the series. There are a couple of positives. One, the idea that a blind woman watches the security cameras with her young daughter is the funniest idea since the central premise of 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.' Two, Ryan Reynolds is great on screen and consistently funny in an otherwise uninteresting story. And third, Jessica Biel is gorgeous. So.. make that a few positives.

Let's hope if this series goes in the indicated "Night Stalkers track down Blade" direction, a competent person is given the charge of the story. until then just watch Underworld or the first two Blade flicks again.

Comic book movies are the new action standard and Blade Trinity is right up there with some of the big ones. Not quite as comic booky as Spidey or X-Men due to it's R rating, so in case you missed the first 2 Blade movies (loser) it follows more along the lines of The Crow or The Punisher (not that you would have seen them either if you missed these) due to it's violence and pervasive language. Rock on! That would explain why we loved it so much.

The first Blade film from 98 was kind of an experiment between Marvel and New Line. Both, were a bit hesitant and that is evident by the way Marvel and or New Line decided to list the fact that 'Blade' is a Marvel property by tossing in a little side text before the directors name in the credits told the story; Even if they won't admit it. Blade 2 having been released in 2002 and comic book movies on the rise, they decided to display the Marvel name more prominently with the next one but unfortunately they still held back on the reins a bit too much for my taste. Now, we have the 2nd sequel and with the success of 2 Spidey films, 2 X-Men films, Hulk, Punisher and Daredevil there is no doubt this go round where Blade was created and how to bring him to life... Again. You will know from the first few frames of Marvel's now famous promo trailer until the end credits roll that you are watching a living breathing comic book and just like the real thing, if you let yourself go and submerse yourself completely in the story... you will be entertained.

This being the 3rd in the series the movie does not waste time with who or what Blade is and gets right down to bidness. The story for this episode begins in the middle of a desert where some very cool looking vampire commandos bail out of a helicopter and head into an old pyramid to dig up their master where the story for the ages with this series continues; The vamps decide to dig up daddy and use his 'pure' blood to continue their quest to be just like Eric and walk in the light of day without fear or turning into a piece of flashpaper. You know the drill. Meanwhile back in the big city, Blade is killing vamps in a warehouse district until a few escape and he hops in his GTO to dispense a little day walker justice. They run... He catches and he slays. Yeah Yeah, high five. Everything is business as usual for our hero until the vampire clan catches the whole thing on film and somehow the video ends up on the evening news (plot point) and due to a little misunderstanding (spoiler) he gets hunted by the police.

The cops track him down; a big shootout occurs with Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), Blade and about 100 SWAT officers. Blade and Whislter deal damage, Whistler gets popped, Big KABOOM, all is lost... emotion, emotion. Blade surrenders, the cops take him into custody and start to question him. From this point there is a big jail break sequence with Whistlers daughter Abigail (Jessica Biel), who is so hot she could live on the sun and her partner Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds) who offers so many laughs it will have you doubling over. The 2 rescuers and Blade fight it out with the cops and a group of Vamps led by fang babe Danica Talos (Parker Posie) and Vampire Goon 'Jarko' played by former WWE World Champ, Triple H; Who I am happy to say did not suck... as long as he didn't say much.

The rest of movie is spent trying to find out what was released from the tomb in the desert and why so many 'familiars' (humans that work for vamps) are running the city and more importantly how many tight shirts we can squeeze Abigail into (rarrrrrr). I am happy to say there are many.

3 words to finish this review: Go See It. Cool action, great hotty, many chuckles, decent gore, gun play out the yang and a car chase too. AND, the return of John Doe as an added bonus. In our book that is FIVE for FIVE for 5 fangs.

Vampire movies are hot these days and this is no exception. It even has pro-wrestling star Triple HHH as a bad guy on it. Martial arts meets Dracula in this final battle between Blade and vampires. Ryan Reynolds is funny as usual but is also buffed and tough in this movie. Jennifer Biel is hot and Karate crazy in this movie. The best of the Blade movie series. Highly recommended!

This is the last blade movie in the series for now. And it is awesome. Love the actors, characters and the story line was good to. if they make another blad wesly snipes better be in it. love this movie. if you have not seen this movie then you should

These movies aren't dramatic, meaningful, nor are they based upon true stories/only comic books. The moment you take this, and the other Blade movies seriously is when you start to get bored. Now, as a classically trained actor [true fact here] Wesley Snipes gets himself into movies such as these that helped his rise in the martial arts world. Now, after receiving his 2nd level black belt, he can finish his blade movies in brutal grace. After his early years of New Jack city, Money train, Demolition man, Sugar hill, and White Men Can't Jump. He puts off his acting into fun popcorn cliché vampire movies. Like them or hate them, Wes puts on a real show and takes on most if not all, of his stunts - which is very impressing to watch. it takes the future vampire movie prospects and ideas such as these the treatment: If you can really act [great acting background], and are apart of much of their stunts; you can help carry the movie to the real fans of this kind of movie making. And it can make the movie more enjoyable. Eat saturated fatty foods, get a six-pack of beer! And have fun with it!!! Otherwise, you'll be disappointed.

If you like vampires and sci fi action violence you would love Blade Trinity
The story is about A vampire named Blade (Wesley Snipes) who is half vampire himself. In the movie Blade has to fight the ultimate vampire evil . . . Dracula. Blade has some help from two younger vampire slayers but they are not much help when it comes to fighting Dracula. Will Blade defeat Dracula? Find out in the action packed movie Blade Trinity.
If you buy the dvd Blade Trinity there are some spectacular special features including deleted scenes, the unrated edition of Blade Trinity with ten extra minutes of vampires and action and much much more. I give this movie two thumbs up. There is great acting and wonderful use of emotion and violence. I recommend this movie to anyone older than 13 and not to children.